What Counts, and What Limits is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 science worksheet on defining a design problem with criteria and constraints, aligned to Common Core standard 3-5-ETS1-1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 16 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
What Counts, and What Limits
3-5-ETS1-1
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Sort each one into criterion or constraint.
1.Sort each one: Criterion: what success means or Constraint: what limits you?
Sort: The alarm must be heard from the far gate, You have two afternoons to build and test it, The device must send a message in under ten seconds, It must be built from recycled materials only
Criterion: what success meansConstraint: what limits you
2.Sort each one: Criterion: what success means or Constraint: what limits you?
Sort: The budget is ten pounds, It must be carried by one person, The model must convert one energy form into another, The light must be visible at fifty metres
Criterion: what success meansConstraint: what limits you
3.Sort each one: Criterion: what success means or Constraint: what limits you?
Sort: No mains electricity may be used, The bank must stop 90 out of 100 homes flooding, Nothing may be screwed into the wall, The shelter must stay standing in a strong wind
Criterion: what success meansConstraint: what limits you
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Answer key — What Counts, and What Limits
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. It must be built from recycled materials only — Constraint: what limits you 2. The alarm must be heard from the far gate — Criterion: what success means 3. The device must send a message in under ten seconds — Criterion: what success means 4. You have two afternoons to build and test it — Constraint: what limits you
2.1. It must be carried by one person — Constraint: what limits you 2. The budget is ten pounds — Constraint: what limits you 3. The light must be visible at fifty metres — Criterion: what success means 4. The model must convert one energy form into another — Criterion: what success means
3.1. No mains electricity may be used — Constraint: what limits you 2. Nothing may be screwed into the wall — Constraint: what limits you 3. The bank must stop 90 out of 100 homes flooding — Criterion: what success means 4. The shelter must stay standing in a strong wind — Criterion: what success means
More practice for 3-5-ETS1-1
Define a design problem, with what counts as success and what limits you.
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